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Word Meanings - UNMASK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.

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  • DETECTOR BAR
    A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch.
  • EXPOSER
    One who exposes or discloses.
  • EXPOSEDNESS
    The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
  • DISCOVERTURE
    A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
  • DISCOVERABLE
    Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
  • DISCOVERY
    1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
  • EXPOSE
    1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
  • DISCOVERER
    1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
  • UNMASK
    To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
  • DETECTION
    The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot. Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster.
  • DISCOVERT
    Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
  • DISCOVERY DAY
    = Columbus Day, above.
  • DETECTER
    One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
  • DETECT
    Detected. Fabyan.
  • DETECTABLE; DETECTIBLE
    Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." Latham.
  • DISCOVERMENT
    Discovery.
  • DISCOVER
    descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- + couvrir to 1. To uncover. Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal. 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show . Go, draw
  • DISCOVERABILITY
    The quality of being discoverable. Carlyle.
  • DETECTOR
    One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak. A deathbed's detector of the heart. Young. Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them.
  • DESCRY
    what was espied, fr. OF. descrier to proclaim, cry down, decry, F. décrier. The word was confused somewhat with OF. descriven, E. 1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
  • INDISCOVERY
    Want of discovery.
  • OVEREXPOSE
    To expose excessively; specif. ,
  • INDISCOVERABLE
    Not discoverable; undiscoverable. J. Conybeare.
  • PREDISCOVERY
    A previous discovery.
  • REDISCOVER
    To discover again.

 

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